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Why was Texas flood alert not acted on? Ex-NOAA official discusses the response
MSNBC· 2025-07-09 15:20
Joining us now is former Noah administrator Rick Spinrad. Rick, thanks for taking the time. Before we get into the warnings and potential lapses in communication, she's got to get from your own experience.Was this flood an outlier during your tenure. Were there any flash floods in which waters rose this rapidly. Well, we've seen these kinds of events increasingly more frequently over the last several years.By comparison, some 20 or 30 years ago, we would only see, say, three or four billion dollar disasters ...
'A gut punch for this community': More than 160 missing in Kerr County after floods
MSNBC· 2025-07-09 11:20
Joining us now, NBC News senior national correspondent Jay Gray, live this morning from Kurville, Texas. Jay, what's the latest today. Well, Ma, I I think we need to have some perspective here.You know, we'd been told dozens were missing for days. The numbers were, and I'm quoting here from officials, a lot. I don't think anyone expected to hear the governor reveal that there are more than 160 missing just here in Kirk County alone.over 170 across the six counties affected by this flooding. It's been a gut ...
Need to ‘invest’ in NWS so Texas disaster is ‘a thing of the past’: Congressman & fmr. meteorologist
NBC News· 2025-07-08 21:30
And joining me now is Illinois Democratic Congressman and former meteorologist Eric Sorenson. You certainly bring skills to this and understanding of what uh can be such a complex situation with weather. We appreciate uh getting your insight on this.As you know, the governor of Texas may have a news conference at any moment. So bear with me if we have to step away, but let's start with your knowledge about this. uh you have worked along with uh Texas Congressman Moran trying to introduce a bipartisan bill t ...
Texas floods death toll surpasses 100 as calls for accountability grow
NBC News· 2025-07-07 23:34
And good evening. We come on the air tonight from Texas's Hill Country. Just below us is the Guadalupe River and you can see the destruction it carved out in parts of central Texas.Down there is where the river stands tonight. And we wanted to show you how high it rose, more than 30 feet, even higher from where we are broadcasting live tonight, wiping out everything in its way. And today we were with rescuers digging into mangled cars caked in mud along river banks.Crews setting out on airboats and diving i ...
‘We started singing Amazing Grace’ to stay calm: Texas flood survivor shares his harrowing story
MSNBC· 2025-07-06 22:00
Joining us now, Christian Brown. He and his family were in a cabin near the Guadalupe River as the flooding started fast and furious. They barely managed to escape.Christian, you and I were texting briefly earlier. I know you've got a lot going on. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us.First of all, I just want to check, are you and your family safe now. Was anyone hurt physically. And and how are you all doing.Uh, thank you. We're we're all good. Um, we were able to get out safely. We were ab ...
At least 20 children at Texas summer camp missing after flash flooding
NBC News· 2025-07-04 22:10
Because right now, devastating and deadly flash flooding is sweeping through central Texas with at least 20 children missing from a summer camp in the area. That camp saying that they have been hit with catastrophic damage. They say they do not have power, Wi-Fi, or water.And again, at least 20 campers are believed to be missing right now. It's all happening about 2 hours west of Austin, Texas. Just in the last couple of hours, you see some of the images here.A car swept up in the flood waters. Local author ...
This Morning’s Top Headlines – June 11 | Morning News NOW
NBC News· 2025-06-11 13:18
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